John Lennon Thread
Newch91
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I've decided, instead of starting another thread for John Lennon appreciation, this will be the thread for all that for news, appreciation, birthday, his death, and other stuff anyone can think of.
On this day of remembering the legend, I want to know what everyone's favorite Beatles song and John Lennon solo song are. Lennon will always be remembered and his music will live on forever.
My picks:
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Solo - Working Class Hero
I'm interested to see what people pick.
On this day of remembering the legend, I want to know what everyone's favorite Beatles song and John Lennon solo song are. Lennon will always be remembered and his music will live on forever.
My picks:
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Solo - Working Class Hero
I'm interested to see what people pick.
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i was born within hours of his death, and my fav part of Dec 8th each year is reading about & remembering JL. It just so happens, i currently live by the Dakota.
Beatles -- Let it be, I want to hold your hand
Lennon -- Gimmie Some Truth. But its impossible not to say Happy XMas during this time of year and in my mind Imagine is best song ever written.
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Happy Birthday!
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I agree with your picks, love Norwegian Wood along with I'm only sleeping
Solo Working Class Hero and Woman is the Nigger of the World
Favorite Lennon solo song - Instant Karma
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing (Revolver)
Solo - Nobody Told Me
For her to come home
Eyes are closed,.. You cannot know
But his heart don’t seem to roam.
But I'm not the only one
for solo, my fav is Instant Karma
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must agree 100%
Solo: Woman, Mind Games, #9 Dream
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
I saw that. Actually, on iTunes, they have the whole interview as a podcast, 5 parts. They also have up there the Lost Lennon Tapes that were originally broadcast in the late 80s. In case anyone wants to have those.
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mother - solo
tomorrow never knows - beatles
Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl
I love you forever and forever
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No problem. Thank you for that article. Lennon is my favorite musician of all time. He's my hero, my biggest inspiration for music. I'm only 18, but I've been listening to him and the Beatles since I was born. Thank you to my dad for that. I owe him for that.
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yep.
Well then you are certainly on the right track dude. Lennon, Beatles and PJ!!! At 18! RIght on man,....kudos to you & your dad. Not to many young people get caught in a wave of music that is actually foundation, artistic music these days
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John Lennon-Imagine
Whenever I need cheering the beatles always do the trick.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNMhPQoEbJE
and
Lennon: Whatever Gets You Through the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBUFV2c_ ... re=related
He altered my life...
Thanks. My dad is a huge Beatles fan. He doesn't really care for PJ...luckily my cousin made a mix for me a few years back. I'll have to add Jack White to that list as my favorites. The man is a genius!
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John Lennon - Steel & Glass
Eddie: Dublin & London
and so many years later I will always remember laying there beside my husband to be on my waterbed, geez that was forever ago-
half dozing when the news came on the radio in the dark room. So shocked and horrified and such a profound feeling of loss for the whole world. What a terrible waste. He would have given so much more to us. The good they do die young.
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Yoko Ono Discusses New John Lennon Documentary
'LENNONYC' explores the Beatle's last decade in New York
By Steve Appleford
Aug 06, 2010 4:18 PM EDT
John Lennon spent the last decade of his life in New York City, finding freedom, inspiration and tragedy there before his death in 1980. Those years and his relationship with what his widow Yoko Ono calls "the city that he loved so much" are explored in LENNONYC, a new PBS documentary set to premiere November 22nd on American Masters. "It is a very strange city," Ono said Thursday. "It was his love and it was his death."
Ono appeared at a press conference in Beverly Hills to discuss the two-hour film and preview scenes from the work-in-progress, stepping onstage entirely in black, a fedora titled to the side, Sinatra-style. "I was so impressed with how good John was," she said of watching the film's previously unseen footage and recording outtakes. "I knew him as a husband. I wish I could tell him, 'Hey, you're so good.' But he is not there . . . I still think John's songs are giving power to the people."
In one clip, the raw demo of a song called "Make Love, Not War" is shown evolving into a dreamy final track called "Mind Games." And longtime friend and sideman Klaus Voorman explains on-camera the lasting impact of Lennon's songs: "John talks of his problems, of the fighting with himself. And that's what's makes it so strong and what people can relate to."
There are first-hand remembrances from label chief David Geffen and Double Fantasy producer Jack Douglas, who describes how Lennon tuned his guitar to always flatten the D-string, a habit dating back to his Beatles days so his Aunt Mimi could tell which guitar was his. And during a 1974 radio interview on WNEW-FM, Lennon reads the weather report before discussing his ongoing immigration battle: "Maybe they could just ban me from Ohio or something."
Some of Lennon's happiest years were spent living at the Dakota apartments in Manhattan after the birth of their son, Sean. "I always knew John Lennon had a very gentle side, otherwise I couldn't live with him," Ono said with a smile. "He was always very nice to me. But when Sean was born, he was a totally different person, not just nice. He was so much into bringing Sean up."
Ono said the upcoming October 4th reissues of Lennon's post-Beatles albums would focus on his best-known solo music, and not include the experimental works Two Virgins and Life With the Lions. "I want it to be known exactly what he was — he was a brilliant singer-songwriter and a rocker," she said, "and I don't want something like the avant-garde sneaking in there."
Can't wait for this!! Great way to start Thanksgiving vacation!
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I just read that last November/December and it really got me into the Beatles. It was an amazing read and I was sad at the end, that's how into I got. I finished it on New Year's Eve.
Also, I found a hardcover for $10, so that was an easy buy
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2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
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2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
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2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
That's awesome. I couldn't put the book down at all, literally. Only when I showered, went out, and went to sleep. Other than that, always reading it. I didn't want to read the last chapter at all but I did. He was looking forward to his second life.
It made me love Lennon even more than I already did, which I've been a huge fan for over 10 years. Can't wait for the reissues to come out in October.
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful